Translational Medical Scientist

Summary

Join Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, as a Translational Medical Scientist in the Oncology department. You will contribute to partnerships with clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) by applying genomic data to advance healthcare. This role focuses on the detection and analysis of circulating tumor DNA to inform clinical decisions and improve outcomes in patients with solid and hematological malignancies. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and external strategic research partners, pharmaceutical companies, and KOLs to integrate genomic and clinical data across multiple high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Genomics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, or equivalent required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• Solid scientific understanding or education background in oncology – including diagnostics and therapeutics
• Knowledgeable and experience in the use and optimization of novel technologies and understand the competitive landscape
• Knowledge of cancer from both a basic biology and molecular perspective
• Working knowledge of basic bioinformatics and genomics sequencing analysis techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills will be needed in our cross functional team

Responsibilities

• Work with Sr. Scientists, clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders to transform product requirements into technical specifications for future oncology products using circulating tumor DNA
• Collaborate with molecular biologists, computational biologists, and statisticians to build research strategies that solve challenging problems
• Collaborate with sample accessioning team, legal dept, and R&D to draft contracts and execute research projects
• Perform genomic analysis to explore biological, scientific, and clinical questions in oncology and translating results to impact patient care
• Lead internal efforts on oncology knowledge management and curation
• Collaborate with external partnerships, include academics, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies
• Communicate results and findings of analyses to academic researchers and collaborate to publish findings in high impact journals
• Work with business and biological teams to understand the research landscape and technology options
• Performs other duties as assigned
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have an access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job
• Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Specific experience with ctDNA is preferred
• Knowledge of data mining and statistical analysis tools such as R, SQL, or Stata is a plus

Benefits

• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!